We evaluate a temporary public sector employment program targeted at individuals with weak labor market attachment … increasing employment and reducing social assistance. However, being at a regular workplace seems crucial: we find negative … employment effects for participants employed at a workplace created especially for the purpose. The decrease in social assistance …

We evaluate a temporary public sector employment program targeted at individuals with weak labor market attachment in … the program is successful in increasing employment and reducing social assistance. However, being at a regular workplace … seems crucial: we find negative employment effects for participants engaged in outdoor cleaning at a workplace created …

In this paper, we quantify the contribution of labor market reforms to unemployment dynamics in nine OECD countries … the heterogeneous-worker mechanism proposed by Robin (2011) to explain unemployment volatility by productivity shocks … works well in all countries. The amount of resources injected into placement and employment services, the reduction of UI …

density function with higher density and thereby generate large, asymmetric job-finding rate and unemployment reactions. Our …

density function with higher density and thereby generate large, asymmetric job-finding rate and unemployment reactions. Our …

density function with higher density and thereby generate large, asymmetric job-finding rate and unemployment reactions. Our …

we examine the policy effects of the minimum wage, unemployment benefits and search frictions. …

employment sample, for the time period 1975-2001. The latter provides daily information on 2% of the German workforce covered by … increased flow into unemployment in a recession is mainly due to reduced hirings, and hence lower job-to-job transitions, rather …